Daily News – Professional poker player Vadim Trincher admitted to running a sports book that catered to wealthy gamblers in the United States, Russia and Ukraine. This soccer bookie to the rich may have booked himself a stay in chez fed. Vadim Trincher, 52, a professional poker player, copped Wednesday to running a high-stakes sports book that catered to multimillionaires and billionaires in the United States, Russia and Ukraine. He admitted that he took bets, mostly on soccer games, from gamblers in the U.S. and Europe. He could receive up to 20 years in prison but his plea deal with…

Pokerati – If you had cash on Full Tilt shortly before Black Friday, you’ve got until this weekend to inform government contractors that you’d like your money back, please. Check out what I got in the mail recently from the poker world’s new-good friends at Garden City Group, who are handling Full Tilt remissions on behalf of the DOJ, whom you may or may not recall earmarked nearly $200 million of PokerStars money for paying back Full Tilt player/ponzi victims. Curious though, their effort to contact me, as my email has been the same since I signed up in 2004…

Card Player – The New Jersey soft launch of online gambling is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 21, and a handful of firms have offered potential players the chance to pre-register for accounts. On Wednesday, Nevada-based Ultimate Gaming said that it was “encouraging” interested parties to signup at UCasino.com, which will offer a wide array of casino games, including poker. According to a press release, the soft launch trial period is limited to invited players only. The trial period will last for a minimum of five days. In other words, the trial period could extend longer if the state deems it…

iGaming Business – Online poker operator PokerStars is to allow customers to purchase Play Money chips as part of a strategy to expand and enhance its poker gaming services. According to the Pokernews.com website, players on PokerStars can purchase 350,000 Play Money chips for $1.99 (€1.47), or two million chips for $9.99, but the Play Money cashier page said the most popular package is 7.5 million play chips for $24.99. Play Money tables are popular with players in locations in which access to full online poker is not permitted, such as the US market. Although no real money is at…

iGaming Business – PartyPoker, the online poke brand of online gaming operator bwin.party, has pledged to develop better communication channels with its customers. Jeffrey Haas, the company’s new director of poker, outlined PartyPoker’s promise to communicate more openly and regularly with customers. “With my arrival, I can safely say that the ‘run silent, run deep’ approach has been scrapped for good. Just so it’s clear: we are truly sorry for our silence, and will do much better in the future,” Haas said. The move comes after PartyPoker customers became frustrated at the site’s player segregation system on the Two Plus…

In late breaking news on Thursday night, a PokerStars New Jersey gaming license will be temporarily denied for online. According to Poker Player Newspaper, “three insiders” with direct knowledge of the ongoing procedures in the Garden State – and at least one of those insiders being from “the other side of the pond” – have said that the potential PokerStars partnership with Resorts International for the upcoming opening of the New Jersey gaming scene will be denied. Poker Player Newspaper reports that the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement is having “concerns” about the criminal case that is still plaguing…